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	PIURA - LoveToKnow Article on PIURA
		The department belongs partly to the arid coastal plain that extends from the Gulf of Guayaquil southward nearly to Valparaiso, and partly to a broken mountainous region belonging to the Western Cordilleras.
		The coastal zone is traversed by the Tumbes, Chira and Piura rivers, which have their sources in the melting snows of the higher Andes and flow westward across the desert to the coast.
		The valleys of the Chira and Piura are irrigated and maintain large populations Rough cotton, called " vegetable wool," and tobacco are the principal products, and are also produced in the valley of the Tumbes and in some of the elevated mountain districts.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PI/PIURA.htm (1029 words)

	Rumbos Online: Piura: Romance of the sun and moon
		Piura is a land of great men, intellectuals, artists and heroes: Carlos Augusto Salaverry, a romantic poet of the last century; and Merino, one of the great Peruvian classical masters.
		Piura is responsible for 33% of Peru's petroleum output.
		Hocquengheim says that Piura is not esteemed as highly as it should be; in fact, she claims it is a forgotten treasure, even by its own inhabitants.
	www.rumbosonline.com /articles/7-40-tradiciopiura.htm (2259 words)

	Trafico on Line Peru Travel Agency Tour Operator Piura, Talara
		The department of Piura is located in the northern region of the country.
		On January 4, 1821, the independence of Piura was proclaimed in the atrium of the San Francisco church.
		Piura is known for its ample variety of dishes, based on fish, kid, and poultry, which besides being well seasoned are well served.
	www.traficoperu.com /english/ciud20.htm (944 words)

	AllRefer.com - Piura, South America (South American Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		199,484), capital of Piura dept., NW Peru, in the irrigated Piura valley of the Peruvian coastal desert.
		San Miguel de Piura, the first settlement in Peru, was founded on the coast by Francisco Pizarro in 1532, but the site was unhealthful, and the settlement was moved to the present Piura.
		Piura was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1912.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Piura.html (200 words)

	Piura, Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura is a city in Peru, and the population is 359,400.
		Piura is one of the most ancient colonial cities in Peru, and changed its location three times before it was established.
		Piura is also historical because Grau, a hero in the Pacific War, was born there and today tourists can walk right through.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Piura,-Peru.htm (219 words)

	VirtualPeru.net: Piura
		Piura is a hot tropical city with a population of about 300,000 and is the capital of the district with the same name.
		Situated in the middleof the Sechura desert, one of the drieston earth, intense irrigation has made Piura an important agricultural centre.
		Although it hardly ever rains in Piura, the city was heavily damaged by floodingsduring the 1998 El Niño.
	www.virtualperu.net /cities_piura.html (62 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura, as we know it, was established in 1588, though the history of settlements in the region dates back much further.
		Modern day Piura is replete with historical monuments like its towering cathedral, which had to be rebuilt in 1912 after an earthquake damaged much of the city.
		Piura's footballing arena is the Estadio Miguel Grau, or as it is known locally, the Coloso Miraflorino.
	www.fifa.com /PrinterFriendly/0,3875,U172005T13-U17-2005,00.html (373 words)

	ECS Travel, Peru Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The department of Piura is located on the coast, in the northern region of the country.
		On January 4TH, 1 821, the independence of Piura was proclaimed in the Church of San Francisco.
		Erected in 1 982 by sculptor Víctor Delfín, a native of Piura.
	www.ecstravel.com /piura.htm (1308 words)

	PERU4YOU TOURS & TRAVEL - Piura information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura is such a merry city that its inhabitants talk in singsong tones.
		Colán is the beach resort for the city of Piura, a resort where the index.htms stand on stilts by the sea.
		Higher up in the Piura highlands lies the town of Chulucanas, which is famous for its superb pottery.
	peru4youtours.com /ipiura.htm (233 words)

	Following the Huachuma path from Trujillo-Chiclayo-Piura-Huancabamba, Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura has an area of 36,403 km² (14,050 square miles), and a population of almost a 1.5 million people.
		Piura is known for its rich variety of fish, goat, and poultry dishes, which are well seasoned and well served.
		Among the most common are, seco de chabelo (dried beef and unripe bananas), mala radia (rice, dried fish and beans), caldo de siete carnes, sopa de novios, seco de cabrito con tamales verdes, pepián de pavo, carne asada, carne alinada, and copus or local pachamanca.
	www.biopark.org /peru/machu/piura-piura.html (745 words)

	Soccer News of Thursday, 22 September 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura, Sept 22, GNA - Ghana's U-17 national team, the Black Starlets have arrived in Piura, northern part of Peru to engage their Chinese counterparts in their final group encounter on Thursday The Starlets appeared confident on Wednesday morning when they joined the same plane with their rivals, China on their way for the encounter.
		There was a massive crowd at the Piura Airport to welcome the Chinese, who are leading the group with four points but strangely enough there was no single fl to welcome the Ghanaians but this seem not to worry the Starlets much.
		Piura, which is also the grounds that Coach Osam Doudou did the magic for the Gambians by recording two straight convincing wins and that would probably encourage and inspire the Ghanaians to do same.
	feeds.theeuropenews.net /?rid=514b425937c837d7&cat=88176adfdf246af5&f=1 (244 words)

	ESL Cafe's Job Information Journal Life in Piura, Peru
		Piura is in the desert; it is extremely dry.
		I find it difficult to trust the people in Piura; it seems that there is always an alterior motive for their friendship.
		Piura is a good place to see how real Peruvians live.
	www.eslcafe.com /jobinfo/latinamerica/sefer.cgi?display:1080529158-48654.txt (376 words)

	1_1_Gibson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Piura is the fifth largest city of Peru and the largest in the Peru/Ecuador boundary region.
		Rather, it is the capital of the Province and the Department of Piura, with some offices of regional government and the national government, as well.
		Table 3 shows the places where heads of household would like to live within their respective countries. Trujillo is the city picked by those of Piura and Sullana, and Piura is the city selected by residents of Ayabaca, which also has the highest rate (40%).
	www.geotropico.org /1_2_Minkel_et_al.html (2517 words)

	Document/Essai - Stéphanie Rousseau and François Meloche - Gold and Land: Democratic Development at Stake. Report of ...
		He has nevertheless continued to pursue a process of institutional and economic reform, of which the main challenges are decentralization of political and administrative power, reform of the judiciary, the purging of the civil service and rationalization of public institutions, and economic renewal based on more privatization and the promotion of foreign investment.
		The support of numerous social and non-governmental organizations in Piura, Lima and internationally enabled the public opposition in Tambogrande to be heard and led to the organization of the June 2, 2002 municipal consultation.
		The Tambogrande district, with a population of approximately 70,000, is situated in the department of Piura in northern Peru.
	www.ichrdd.ca /english/commdoc/publications/demDev/tambograndeReportEng.html (9472 words)

	Virtual Andean Tourist Routes - Sun and Beach - Tumbes and Piura Beaches - Peru /Andean Community - 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The park enjoys a warm dry climate with an average annual temperature of 24°C and is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, particularly the carob, hualtaco, and sapodilla, as well as the Andean condor, ocelot, red and gray deer, white throated squirrel and red headed parrot.
		Piura’s traditional resort is located 65 km from the capital city.
		These wide beaches on the Piura coast are located 193 km from the city of Piura and 115 km from the city of Tumbes.
	www.comunidadandina.org /ingles/tourism/sun_and_beach/peru_beaches.htm (737 words)

	Cens et chapellenies à Piura, Pérou, au 18ème siècle - J. Schlüpmann
		Comme dans l'ensemble de l'Amérique coloniale espagnole, l'omniprésence à Piura des chapellenies et cens dans la vie -des fortunés pour le moins- de l'époque coloniale est attestée par les multiples écritures notariales ou de justice qui y font référence.
		Voyons quelques exemples parmi ces milliers de testaments de notables de Piura qui consignèrent, entre la fin du XVIème siècle et le milieu du XIXème siècle, des clauses relatives aux chapellenies.
		L'acte de l'imposition de deux cens de 600 pesos de principal sur l'hacienda Parales, les terres de la Lura et les maisons de don Antonio de Quevedo y Zeballos, en 1735, est à ce titre un exemple classique.
	www.sigu7.jussieu.fr /hsal/hsal96/js96.html (5657 words)

	Piura Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The territory of the Piura Region has a smooth topography in the coast and a rough one in the Sierra.
		The Piura River, whose banks hold the city of the same name, only flows its waters into the sea during summer, which is the rainy season.
		The climate is desertic and semi-desertic in the coast and western Andean watersheds, subtropical in the easthern watersheds.
	piura-region.area51.ipupdater.com (617 words)

	Trafico on Line Peru Viajes y Turismo Piura, Talara
		Su capital es la ciudad de Piura, a 973 kilómetros de Lima, la cual tiene un clima tropical y seco, con una temperatura promedio anual de 24°C, llegando en el verano a marcar el termómetro hasta los 40°C, siendo la época de lluvias entre enero y marzo.
		Piura es reconocida por la amplia variedad de sus platos, preparados a partir de pescado, cabrito y aves, los que además de ser condimentados son muy bien servidos.
		Entre sus platos conocidos está el seco de chabelo (preparado con carne seca de res y plátanos verdes), mala radia (arroz, pescado seco y menestras), caldo de siete carnes, sopa de novios, seco de cabrito con tamales verdes, pepián de pavo, carne asada, carne aliñada y el copus, que es una pachamanca piurana.
	www.traficoperu.com /espanol/ciud20.htm (1035 words)

	FIFA.com
		Piura's picturesque Plaza de Armas stands at the centre of a city which has been proud to host the FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005.
		Gambia earned their place in Piura's hearts with a sensational 3:1 victory over Brazil, though the dazzling spectacle and musical treats provided by their amazing fans were perhaps the decisive factors in their favour.
		The same could be said of the place in general as that warmth was felt by all who came to Piura, a city standing almost 1,000km from the Peruvian capital Lima and close to the country's border with Ecuador.
	www.fifa.com /en/news/feature/0,1451,110021,00.html?articleid=110021 (711 words)

	PIURA - Online Information article about PIURA
		Valparaiso, and partly to a broken mountainous region belonging to the Western Cordilleras.
		The valleys of the Chira and Piura are irrigated and maintain large populations.
		district in the mountains; and Tambo Grande (61oo) and Chulucanas (4600), both in the fertile Piura valley above the capital.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/PIURA.html (524 words)

	Informe - Stéphanie Rousseau y François Meloche - El Oro y la Tierra: Retos del Desarrollo Democrático. Informe de ...
		Esta consulta nació de la voluntad de acabar con la instabilidad que, desde 1999, afecta cada vez más a la población de Tambogrande, debido a que muchos sectores se han opuesto al desarrollo de la actividad minera en su región.
		Además, los ingresos del Estado que se reinvertirían directamente en la región de Tambogrande, a través del gobierno regional de Piura, son poco atractivos para la población de Tambogrande, dado lo ocurrido en otras regiones mineras del Perú donde, en los últimos años, la pobreza aumentó en lugar de disminuir.
		Eugenia Fernán Zegarra, representante del Defensor del Pueblo en Piura, invitó a 18 representantes de diversos sectores de Tambogrande, entre ellos al alcalde y a tres dirigentes del Frente de Defensa, a una reunión con el Ing.
	www.ichrdd.ca /espanol/commdoc/publications/tambograndeInformeEs.html (9711 words)

	::: Información General - Piura :::
		By land.- Piura is connected with Lima and other costal cities by mean of Nor - panamerican highway.
		The most important culture developed in Piura zone was Vicus, which stood our for its pottery and lovely craftsmanship in precious metal.
		Later, the city was moved to “ Montes de Los Padres “ (Chulucanas) which at present is the port of Paita, but because of the pirates and corsairs´ siege, Mr.
	www.piuravirtual.com /pag_2_21piura.htm (225 words)

	Lake Country Reporter
		Once a pristine and burgeoning city-state, Piura was left in deep poverty after the government passed laws demanding all wealth, resources and land be turned over to it.
		The law was intended to transfer wealth from the wealthy to the poor, but instead exacted chaos and confusion on the community.
		Medical care is also a major concern in Piura and much of St. Anthony's donated funds go toward employing a nurse through the church there.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1399&dept_id=173059&newsid=15039230&PAG=461&rfi=9 (876 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tumbes-Piura dry forests (NT0232)
		The dry forest of Tumbes and Piura is an ecoregion that is home to the largest dry forest remnant in western South America and also has a high level of species endemism (Rodríguez 1996).
		Average annual temperature varies between 24 and 27ºC. Most of the ecoregion is covered by recent sands and clays from the Holocene, while higher elevations have soils composed of granites, Precambrian amphibolites, Paleozoic granites, quartzites and fl slate from the Devonian, dark limestone, sandstone and lutites from the Carboniferous period (Rodríguez, 1996).
		The principal rivers flowing through this ecoregion are the Guayas in Ecuador and the Zarumilla, Tumbes, Piura and Chira Rivers in Peru.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0232_full.html (1198 words)

	Bienvenidos al diario Correo - Piura - Perú, 22 de julio del 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A 13 días del Referéndum los piuranos mostraron ayer su total desinformación sobre el Referéndum del 30 de octubre y la integración de las regiones Piura, Tumbes y Lambayeque en la Región Norte.
		Una noche de terror, pánico y angustia vivieron los moradores de la cuadra 10 del asentamiento humano Nueva Esperanza, luego que integrantes de la peligrosa pandilla Las Cobras, armados con piedras, palos y perdigoneras, no contentos con destruir las viviendas las saquearon, provocando el caos en el sector.
		El director de Salud Piura II, Walter Vegas, señaló que luego que se detectó medicamentos sustraídos en el centro de salud de Santa Teresita, donde estarían presuntamente involucradas seis personas, todos los centros asitenciales, vienen siendo inspeccionados.
	www.correoperu.com.pe /piura/hoy/index.asp (147 words)

	VirtualPeru.net: Piura
		Talara is an important city in the district of Piura.
		It is situated in the dry-tropical north of Peru.
		However, close to the city are the excellent beaches of Northern Piura and Tumbes.
	www.virtualperu.net /cities_talara.html (46 words)

	STUDY ABROAD IN PIURA, PERU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UNCP students will study at the Universidad de Piura in an academic program designed to give them a Diploma in Spanish Language and Spanish-American Culture, equivalent to one semester of study (August through December).
		Students are able to participate in extracurricular activities (sports, theater, dance, choir, etc.) that are offered to regular Universidad de Piura students, by paying all pertinent costs.
		University of Piura will issue a maximum of 2 scholarships equivalent to 25% of the academic costs to those students willing to work in and offer student support to (six hours per week) the Language Center.
	www.uncp.edu /ip/abroad/PiuraWebsite.htm (215 words)

	Máncora, Peru
		The most up-to-date information on virtually any service can be found at the bulletin board at grocery store Roviluz (Piura 509), or the website www.vivamancora.com.
		There is an excellent next-day laundry service at Piura 263, which charges $1 per kilo.
		Once dropped in Máncora, it is a short walk or motocar ride to the cluster of hotels at the south end of town.
	www.moon.com /planner/peru/mustsee/mancora.html (377 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Piura mangroves (NT1429)
		The city of Piura is not far from the coast and these mangroves, which is also applying pressures to the ecosystem through water diversion and pollution as well as development and other activities.
		The diversion of water from the Piura River, for human uses such as irrigation, is a major threat to the mangrove vegetation.
		A delicate balance of saline and freshwater must be up held by the inflow of the Piura River to this estuary; with low rainfall it is the main source.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1429_full.html (713 words)

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